Request for Information - DHS Border Wall Long-Term Strategy

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and the Component Acquisition Executive (CAE) of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would again like to sincerely thank all who took the time to submit responses to this Request for Information. Approximately 290 responses were received to the [email protected] mailbox, totaling over 350 emails and 1,500 pages of content. CBP is still reviewing these responses, with approximately half of all responses reviewed to date. Thus far, CBP has identified five categories of innovation that may be of interest to DHS: • Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) • Financing/Economics/Funding • Fiber Optic sensor placement / intrusion detection • Implications across DHS (CBP, USCG, ICE, USCIS) • Modeling and Simulation The responses received are confidential to each company, thus DHS will not be disclosing their content outside of the Government. Further, FAR 15.207(b) states that information received in response to an RFI shall be safeguarded adequately from unauthorized disclosure. CBP is working with the DHS Science and Technology (S&T) community to determine areas that should be further explored within the above categories. Other responses will serve as inputs to acquisition planning for procurements over the next few years, and still others will provide inputs for related technology roadmaps for the longer term. Also, DHS still plans to conduct follow-on industry engagements to discuss some of the suggestions received and to outline our strategies for border security investments going forward. We will keep industry informed throughout this process. Currently, CBP's focus is on the source selection process for the Wall prototype solicitations.